EXERCISE 25b — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense
1. Charles wore a red shirt yesterday. What did Charles do?
2. Sean wants a 15 percent raise, and he won't accept less. What won't Sean do?
3. Dr. Wood is thinking about the important meeting she will go to next week so that she will be ready. What is Dr. Wood doing?
4. Jake hit Jerry so hard that Jerry fell to the floor. What did Jake do to Jerry?
5. Ned told Todd to work more quickly. What did Ned tell Todd to do?
6. I got a letter about my income taxes. What was the letter about?
7. Sergeant Jones has been yelling at the soldiers all day. What should Sergeant Jones do?
8. Betty needs a Halloween costume, and she's using her imagination to create one. What is Betty doing?
EXERCISE 25c — Write eight original sentences using phrasal verbs from this section.
1. _______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________
6. _____________________________________________________
7. _____________________________________________________
8. _____________________________________________________
EXERCISE 25d, Review — Complete the sentences with these participle adjectives from previous sections. To check their meanings, review the section number given after each one.
| burned up, 22 | lined up, 18 | ripped up, 17 | zipped up, 21 |
| cleared up, 22 | made-up, 23 | shaken up, 24 | |
| dried out, 15 | paid up, 22 | warmed up, 19 | |
| heated up, 22 | plugged up, 22 | worn down, 17 |
1. It's freezing outside — make sure your coat is ________ ________.
2. Don't start driving yet; the car's not ________________.
3. We talked about the problem, and now everything is ________ ________.
4,1 need lotion; my skin is really ________ ________.
5. Hank is such a liar. Don't believe any of his ________ excuses.
6. After I give Bill ten bucks, I won't owe him another penny. I'll be totally ________ ___.
7. Pat was pretty ___________ after the accident.
8. Bill was furious at his ex-wife, and now all his photos of her are ________ ________ and in the garbage.
9. People are ________ ________ for three blocks to buy World Series tickets.
10. Don't drink that coffee — it's not ________ ________.
11.1 can't smell or taste anything; my nose is all ________ ________.
12. I was really ________ ________ after he took my calculator without asking me and then lost it.
13. The heels of my old cowboy boots are ________ ________. I need to get them fixed.
EXERCISE 25e, Review — Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs from previous sections. Be sure to use the correct tense. To check their meanings, review the lesson number given after each one.
| call in,5 | hand out, 10 | screw on, 12 | stop over, 24 |
| clear up, 22 | hook up, 9 | show off, 24 | trade in, 24 |
| come down, 24 | let up, 24 | slow down, 24 | warm up, 19 |
| go back, 19 | print out, 24 | stick up, 14 |
1. The car dealer is asking $27,000 for the car I want, but I think he might ________ ________ to $24,000.
2. While you go to the library, I'll go to the grocery store, and we'll ________ ________ at the corner in one hour.
3. Be sure you ________ the top of that mustard jar ________ tightly.
4. Erik checks the time every five minutes so that he can ________ ________ his new Rolex watch.
5. Mike wasn't at work today. He________________sick.
6. When Bill flies to Los Angeles, he always ________ ________ in Bangkok.
7. The car dealer said he'll give me a good deal if I _______ _______ my old car.
8. We ________ the notices ________ all over town.
9. The memo from the personnel office ________ ________ a lot of confusion about the new vacation policy.
10. This weather is terrible. I wonder if this storm is ever going to ______ ______.
11. Turn the heater on, and the room will ________ right ________.
12.^'Nancy was driving too fast, so I told her to ________ ________.
13. The teacher won't ________ ________ the tests until the students are quiet.
14. After you finish writing your report,________ it________ and give it to me.
15. Paul's from Colombia, but he hasn't ________ ________ there for seven years.
26. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and the adverb back
The adverb back is sometimes used with phrasal verbs to mean again. The following sentences have the same meaning:
Wegot together again. Wegot backtogether.
Back is always placed directly before the particle. When back is used with separable phrasal verbs, the object must separate the verb and particle, and back must be placed between the object and the particle:
/ put the engine backtogether. I put backtogether the engine.
Do not confuse the adverb back, which modifies phrasal verbs, with the particle back that is part of some phrasal verbs (and has the same meaning of again).
| Infinitive | |||
| present tense | -ing form | past tense | past participle |
| get together | |||
| get together & gets together | getting together | got together | gotten/got together |
get together (with) p.v. When two peopleget together, they meet and spend time together. When youget together with someone, you meet and spend time with
that person. When a man and woman resume a relationship after separating, they get backtogether.
If you're not busy tomorrow night, would you like toget together?
We're going toget together with Bill and Nancy tomorrow.
Judy and Sam had separated, but now they'vegotten backtogether.
get-together n. An informal gathering is aget-together.
I'm having a littleget-together tonight. Would you like to come?
2. get... together p.v. When youget thingstogether, you collect them so they are in the same place.
You shouldget all your toolstogether so you will have them when you need them.
Lindagot all her tax recordstogether to show to her accountant.
3. get... together p.v. [informal] When youget yourselftogether, orget ittogether, you gain control of your emotions after you have become upset or emotional.
Bob was very upset before the party, but hegot ittogether before the guests came.
Hey, get yourself together! Everyone is watching you.
| Infinitive | ||||
| present tense | -ing form | past tense | past participle | |
| go over | ||||
| go over & goes over | going over | went over | gone over |
1. go over (to) p.v. When people move from where you are to a place, thing, or person that is farther away from you, theygo over orgo over to that place, thing, or person.
I'm busy.Go over there and stop bothering me.
I was hot, so Mariawent over to the window and opened it.
2. go over (to) p.v. When you go to someone's house for a visit, yougo over orgo over to that person's house.
Have yougone over to Nicole's house to see her new baby yet?
Iwent over to Erik's for dinner last night.
3. go over p.v. When you carefully read or review important written material, you go over it.
Here's a magazine article I just finished writing.Go over it and tell me what you think.
The actorwent over his lines before the audition.
going-over n. When you examine or inspect something carefully, you give it agoing-over.
I gave his report a goodgoing-over and found a lot of mistakes.
4. go over p.v. When you carefully explain something, usually something that is complicated but important, yougo over it.
Before the trial Hank and his lawyerwent over what Hank was going to say.
No one understood the manager's plan after he explained it, so hewent backover it.
5. go over p.v. When an idea, suggestion, or performance is accepted and liked by other people, itgoes over.
Senator Dolittle's plan to raise taxes didn'tgo over with the voters.
The sinaer's performancewent over well with the critics.
| Infinitive | ||||
| present tense | -ing form | past tense | past participle | |
| go up | ||||
| go up & goes up | going up | went up | gone up |
1. go up (to) p.v. When you move to a higher level or position, or from south to north, yougo up orgo up to that place.Go down is the opposite ofgo up.
Suzie came down from her tree house to eat lunch, but shewent backup after she finished.
I spend the winters in Mexico, andgo up to my home in Ohio in the summer.
2. go up (to) p.v. When the cost, rate, quality, quantity, or level of something increases, itgoes up. Go down is the opposite ofgo up.
The price of gas hasn'tgone up in two years.
In the summer the temperature in Saudi Arabia cango up to 125 degrees.
3. go up (to) p.v. When a schedule or plan ends at a certain time or date, the schedule or plangoes up to that time or date.
Do you have the new schedule? This onegoes up only to the end of April.
The teacher gave the students a syllabus thatwent up to the midterm.
4. go up (to) p.v. When something extends to a certain point that is farther north or at a higher elevation, itgoes up to that point.Go down is the opposite ofgo up.
This trailwent up to the base camp at the foot of the mountain.
Interstate 5goes up to Seattle.
5. go up (to) p.v. When you approach a person, yougo up to that person.
There's Sarah,Go up and introduce yourself.
Janice isn't shy — shewent rightup to the president of the company and asked for a raise.